Again the newspapers are full of them. On any scale and in any context, it does not matter and, of course, I don't give a shit.
Still, it's fascinating, innit?
Is it true? Who knows? Only two people. However, would the NotW print a whole nine pages without them being carefully scrutinised by libel lawyers?
Is it any of our business? Of course not. It's an unwarranted intrusion into the private lives of people. But, there again, there is the Princess Diana defence - Live by the sword, Die by the sword. Or, if you frequently use the media to project a positive - or superior - image of yourself, don't moan when they turn the tables.
Water cooler conversation - certainly in my world; conversations overheard in shops and on public transport, as well as around the office. Test of genuine- as opposed to manufactured by manipulative telly - celebrity.
It's so terribly, and ghastlily English, isn't it, to find a little extramarital activity fascinating. David's now living in Spain, perhaps he has adopted Latin mores (although, a conversation on these lines some months ago provoked a friend to comment 'Just because French Presidents are permitted to have mistresses doesn't mean there are hordes of French women saying, with a Gallic shrug, *Ah, je suis Francaise, I don't care that my husband has de meestress*'
Still, it's natural, innit. It goes back to Neanderthal times. Colleague says "Are you saying that men find it impossible to be monogamous?" No-o-o-o, but... Woman in queue in Sainburys says, primly, "He's breaking his marriage vows. That's all I'm saying on the subject." Somneone wondered whether it threatens his status as England captain. I jolly well hope not. We have a trophy to win in Portugal in the summer.
Is it an affair, anyway (let's assume for the purpose of argument, the story is true. I don't know)? Three nights. That's a fling, surely. Barely one up from a one-night stand. Intellectually, to me, that doesn't count. (Emotionally is another matter). Maybe it's better to assume that such mistakes will happen, as arguments will happen, as the loo seat will be left up.
And today of course, we have the denouncement of the 'lying cow'. Bisexual (shock! horror!). Promiscuous. Charlie-sniffer. And the artifical contrived photos of the Beckhams (TM) frolicking in the snow.
